Improvement in hand snow-plows



E.'R.-'.BE'1TS.

HAND SNOW-FLOWS.

Patented Oct. 31,1876.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIC'E.

EDWIN R. BETTS, OF BEAR LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND SNOW-FLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,834, dated October31, 1876; application tiled July 1, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN B. BETTS, of BearLake, Warren county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Snow-Plow, of which the following is a specitication:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a top view; Fig. 2, aside View; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section on line (3 C, Fig. 1,of my improved snow-plow; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of a roller-arm,guiding the mold-board on the rail.

Similar letters indicate oorrespondin g parts.

My invention relates to an improved handplow for clearingrailroad-rails, in a convenient manner, of snow; and the inventionconsists of a snow plow whose mold board runs by guide-rollers andgrooves along the rail, and throws the snow from the inside of the sameby a curved upright flange or plate on the outside of the braces.

In the drawing, A represents the moldboard, that is made with a recessand bottom groove, a, at one side, the grooved part resting on the topof the rail, while the recessed part in front of the same slidessidewise along the rail. The tapering front edge of the groove a isstrengthened by a sheet-metal step or lining, b, the tapering front endof the mold-board being similarly lined with sheet metal. The mold boardis guided along the rail by a roller, d, turning in a side recess ofgroove a, and bearing against the outside of the railhead, as shown inFig. 3. An additional rear post or brace may be arranged at themold-board, to guide the same more steadily, by top and side rollers,along the rail, as shown in Fig. 4. One or more handles, B, serve topush the plow forward on the rail, the other corner of the mold-boardresting, by means of a downwardprojecting runner, O, on the ties, andmoving readily over the same.

The snow is taken up by the mold-board at the inside of the rail, andconveyed, by a vertical and outwardly-curved flange or plate, D, to theoutside of the track, where it is dropped.

In case of heavy snow, a rope may be attached to the front face of themold-board, so that two persons may work the plowone pulling, the otherpushing.

The snow-plow is easily handled, and enables the track -tender rapidlyto clear the track at the station and over his section, by clearing onerail in going and the other in re turning.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A snow-plow made of a grooved and recessed mold-board, provided witha roller for guiding it on the rail, the front runner, and a curvedoutwardly extending flange or plate, D, substantially as described, forthe purpose set forth.

2. The mold-board having tapering recess and bottom groove, with rollerto guide the same upon the rail, as shown and described.

EDWIN R. BETTS.

Witnesses:

LEROY BEALS, G. B. Wns'r.

